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> You're not allowed to stab people in the supermarket I frequent, and yet there's nobody standing at the door frisking all the customers. Because stabbings ar

> You're not allowed to stab people in the supermarket I frequent, and yet there's nobody standing at the door frisking all the customers. Because stabbings aren't expected there, but shop lifting is, which is why they actively work to prevent that via different methods such as mirrors and cameras. The same thing applies here. > they would simply make it clear to their employees what isn't allowed and expect them to do the right thing most of the time Well, clearly this isn't what happened. After all, the filming didn't get him fired. Rather, it was the posting of the video after review copies had been sent out. He probably thought it was fine. So clearly Apple's approach isn't working. > That this story counts as news proves that their approach works very well most of the time. Let's apply that same standard to something like Equifax. Sorry, but Apple went overboard here.

kelnos 9y ago
> After all, the filming didn't get him fired. Rather, it was the posting of the video after review copies had been sent out. Likely they did fire him for just the act of (allowing) filming, but didn't know about the video until it was posted. > He probably thought it was fine. I sincerely doubt that. Apple employees have it drilled into their heads that this sort of thing is absolutely not ok, and have signed legal agreements to that effect. Hell, a friend of mine who often has very-pre-release versions of iOS on his phone at times doesn't even allow anyone else to touch his phone, based on the rules that have been laid out for him by Apple. He doesn't even let other Apple employees touch his phone unless they're also internally cleared to see what's in those pre-releases. > Sorry, but Apple went overboard here. They went overboard by... enforcing the terms of their employment agreement? No, they were perfectly justified here.

kelnos 9y ago

> After all, the filming didn't get him fired. Rather, it was the posting of the video after review copies had been sent out. Likely they did fire him for just the act of (allowing) filming, but didn't know about the video until it was posted. > He probably thought it was fine. I sincerely doubt that. Apple employees have it drilled into their heads that this sort of thing is absolutely not ok, and have signed legal agreements to that effect. Hell, a friend of mine who often has very-pre-release versions of iOS on his phone at times doesn't even allow anyone else to touch his phone, based on the rules that have been laid out for him by Apple. He doesn't even let other Apple employees touch his phone unless they're also internally cleared to see what's in those pre-releases. > Sorry, but Apple went overboard here. They went overboard by... enforcing the terms of their employment agreement? No, they were perfectly justified here.